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Alexey
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San Jose, CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 01:23pm PT
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US probably will not have a chance of ever using their 401K, as these funds will be confiscated by a dictatorship that will eventually come to power. Tioga, I am curious are you going to escape back to Russia from arising US "dictatorship" ?
And prospects for Russian pension plan looks good , especially with recent news.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Aug 18, 2014 - 02:21pm PT
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You can't use a 401K you don't have and since a high percentage of recent
grads don't get any kind of decent job it is moot point. But we digress.
I must say Putin is playing pretty good game; one thing he will never be
accused of is being stupid. The aid convoy was pure genius.
Majid, love you man! The Chinese accusing us of cyber-spying is sooo funny!
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WBraun
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Aug 18, 2014 - 02:33pm PT
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Tioga hits it out of the ball park.
While the stupid Americans here still have no clue what's going on.
These stupid Americans only want to know what Sarah Palin and the Kardashians are doing.
Americans babbling all day on their cell phones saying nothing is the norm all while Obummer, Kerry and the aszhole Netanyahu are leading the world into WWIII.
Stupid stupid Americans all asleep at the wheel .....
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crankster
Trad climber
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Aug 18, 2014 - 03:52pm PT
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Zzzzzzzzzzz...Tioga spews idiotic fodder for wingNuts.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 12, 2014 - 05:23pm PT
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Moosie, those flights have going on for a while although they are such a joke.
Those Rooskie pilots get so little time that I'm sure they appreciate just getting into
the air. It is good fun, too. Residents of our islands in the Bering Sea BITD commonly saw
Floggers and Foxbats flying over their villages at 100' or less. BFD
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dirtbag
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Dec 16, 2014 - 02:34pm PT
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Russia and Putin now find themselves in deeeep sheeeet as the value of their currency and oil prices tumble. Their bank, in response, hiked the interest rate to 17%.
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son of stan
Boulder climber
San Jose CA
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Dec 16, 2014 - 02:47pm PT
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Everything is proceeding according to plan.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Dec 16, 2014 - 04:10pm PT
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The ruble is worth half what it was at the start of the year. Pretty sure ol' Vlad isn't feeling
the pinch but you can be sure some his oligarch cronies are and whining big time. However, you can be sure none of this will cause him to back down and the people will stand behind him
as he waves the xenophobia flag which always works. If anything all of this will hurt the poor
Ukrainians more.
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dirtbag
climber
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Dec 16, 2014 - 04:22pm PT
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Yeah Reilly, we are apparently considering imposing even more sanctions, but I have to wonder if we have already done enough, and that more sanctions would only fuel paranoia about the west. We don't want to be blamed for demolishing the Russian economy.
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 16, 2014 - 04:53pm PT
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The Putinator is 100 times smarter than all the stupid American Obama administration .....
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 16, 2014 - 05:35pm PT
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The criminal US media has brainwashed the Americans into stupidity.
The stupid brainwashed Americans believe everything they read from their stoopid criminal mainslime media apparatus .......
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WBraun
climber
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Dec 16, 2014 - 05:54pm PT
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The oligarchs control everything in all govts.
This why people are so stupid.
They think their governments are in control.
The oligarchs are behind everything ......
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Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
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Dec 16, 2014 - 06:36pm PT
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Putin and his oligarchs are unfazed. What is likely happening is a calculated readjustment that makes the chasm between common Russians and Putin and his oligarchs much wider and much harder to cross. The middle class has been growing in Russia, and that spells trouble for those currently in power. Such an adjustment is a little further along here in USA.
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Majid_S
Mountain climber
Karkoekstan
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 24, 2015 - 05:51pm PT
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Give it another few months and the whole world goes to war
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Nov 24, 2015 - 06:05pm PT
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TMJesse is right up to a point and that point is where the growing middle
class knows it has no voice in the modern Russia. Money is a great moderator
except when there is a lack of due process and reasoned debate.
There was a very good article in the LA Times today about the oligarchs that
control Odessa, historically the Dodge City of Russia. Look it up!
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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Nov 24, 2015 - 06:12pm PT
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Their oil economy in shambles, their population shrinking, alcoholism rampant, Russia is more bluster than brawn....which is exactly why they are so dangerous.
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